Jira desktop app and Trello desktop app in 2026
Jira on a computer in 2026 is the website. Atlassian ended support for Jira Cloud for Mac in February 2022 and tells you to continue in a browser, and the App Store app Jira Cloud by Atlassian is for iPhone and iPad. A Trello desktop app is still on the Mac App Store and the Microsoft Store, both free, with no Linux build on Trello's platform list. A company site such as acme.atlassian.net can have its own Pake window, and that window is usable when company sign-in finishes inside it.
What each store lists
The Jira Cloud for Mac page says support has ended. The sunset note dates that to February 2022: no new features or updates, and a copy already installed might be turned off later. On 7 November 2026 the App Store listing for Jira Cloud by Atlassian, seller Atlassian Pty Ltd, is iPhone and iPad only and requires iOS 18.0 or iPadOS 18.0. Supported browsers on a computer are Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, and that page names no Windows or Linux client. A Microsoft Store app titled Desktop App for Jira is from Infosysta DWC-LLC, not Atlassian, and the listing says to install a Marketplace add-on on the Jira site. The same title on the Mac App Store comes from the same company. Atlassian's own Rovo Desktop, in beta for macOS and Windows, is a client for its Rovo AI assistant, for chat, agents and tasks, not a Jira client.
Trello still publishes one. The desktop apps article puts the Mac build on the Mac App Store and the Windows build on the Windows Store, both free, both needing a network connection, with no offline sync. On 7 November 2026 the Mac listing is Trello by Trello, Inc., free, version 2.16.10 released 23 October 2026, requiring macOS 12.0 or later. The Microsoft Store page is a free download from Trello, Inc., updated 5 November 2026, with a minimum of Windows 10 version 14316.0 or higher. The platform list says macOS 12 or higher (64-bit only) and 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, and does not list Linux. The desktop-apps article still says macOS 11.0 or higher, while the Mac listing's 12.0 is what the install checks. That article also describes system notifications, a Dock badge, a Mac menu-bar icon, and Command-Option-T on Mac or Ctrl-Alt-T on Windows to open Trello from anywhere. A Pake app has only near matches: --show-system-tray adds a menu-bar or tray icon, --activation-shortcut adds a shortcut you pick, and a Mac Dock count comes from the notifications and Web Badging calls the page makes, so it depends on what Trello's site sends. It is the route for Trello on Linux, or for pinning one board address. On 7 November 2026 trello.com/login redirected to id.atlassian.com/login?application=trello, so Trello takes the same sign-in hop as Jira and the same kind of list:
pake https://trello.com --name Trello --safe-domain trello.com,atlassian.comA window for one Jira site
Atlassian builds the Cloud address from the name you choose at signup. Enter acme and the site is acme.atlassian.net, with Jira at acme.atlassian.net/jira and Confluence at acme.atlassian.net/wiki when both are on that site. A custom domain such as jira.support.springfield.com is a different host, and Atlassian says the old address then redirects and is no longer usable for session-based sign-in, so package the address you actually open. Neither Jira nor Trello is in Pake's gallery of 30 sites, so you paste the address.
With the CLI set up:
pake https://acme.atlassian.net/jira --name "Jira Acme" --safe-domain atlassian.net,atlassian.comReplace acme with your own site name. --name is the Dock or Start menu label. In the desktop app, paste the address into Address on Mac or URL on Windows, set Name, and click Create App on Mac or Create app on Windows. Leave Incognito off, or every launch starts with no cookies. --safe-domain replaces the same-site rule, so a list with only the identity provider sends links on acme.atlassian.net out to the browser. Include atlassian.net and atlassian.com, plus a custom domain if you have one. On Mac, Internal URL regex appears only after a pattern is already saved, so a new Mac app gets these hosts from the CLI. See Create an app.
How sign-in moves through the web view
Account login, including SAML, starts at id.atlassian.com/login. You enter the email, choose Continue, and then the company's identity provider when the admin requires it. The same page also allows a password, sometimes with an emailed one-time passcode as an extra step, or Google, Microsoft, Slack, or Apple unless an admin blocks them. Pake draws the page in the system web view, described in what a web view is, and that view keeps its own cookies, so a browser login does not sign the app in.
With no pattern set, a click stays in the app when its host matches the page you are on, or when the two hosts share a root domain. acme.atlassian.net and another customer's other.atlassian.net both end in atlassian.net, so a click between them stays in this window. id.atlassian.com ends in atlassian.com and does not share that root.
Sign-in clicks are judged first. Pake keeps the click when the host is accounts.google.com, login.microsoftonline.com, an okta.com or onelogin.com host, or the path looks like login, OAuth, or SAML. id.atlassian.com/login matches, so it loads in the window. On Mac and Linux, sign-in pop-ups other than Sign in with Apple load in the current window. On Windows they stay pop-ups, and Open new windows in the app (--new-window) keeps those inside the app. The flag does not make Google accept the view. See the sign-in guide when the provider refuses.
Once the window is on id.atlassian.com, a plain link back to acme.atlassian.net does not share a root domain, so the click opens the browser. Naming both atlassian.net and atlassian.com keeps that return click in the app. A redirect the login page issues by itself is not a click, and the web view allows the navigation, so the chain can finish inside the app. If the browser opens on another provider host, add that host and keep the two Atlassian domains.
Which links open in the browser
With atlassian.com on the list, a click to support.atlassian.com stays in the window too. Name only this site and the login host when documentation should open in the browser. An explicit pattern wins over --safe-domain:
pake https://acme.atlassian.net/jira --name "Jira Acme" \
--internal-url-regex '^https://(acme\.atlassian\.net|id\.atlassian\.com)(?::\d+)?(?:[/?#]|$)'acme.atlassian.net/wiki is the same host, so Confluence stays. other.atlassian.net does not match, so the browser opens. Okta, Microsoft, Google, and a login-shaped path still stay, because that check runs first. On Windows and Linux, paste the pattern into Internal URL regex under Advanced.
One app for each Jira site
Two company sites are two apps, and each name has its own cookies. That is the same split as two accounts on one website.
pake https://acme.atlassian.net/jira --name "Jira Acme" --safe-domain atlassian.net,atlassian.com
pake https://other.atlassian.net/jira --name "Jira Other" --safe-domain atlassian.net,atlassian.comatlassian.net on the list still lets a click from Acme open the other tenant inside the Acme window, and the tighter pattern sends that click to the browser. Add Another Account, in the ⋯ menu of My Apps, copies the settings under a new name and does not copy the sign-in.
When the session does not stick
Sign in, quit, and open the app again. The board or the issue list should appear without another trip through id.atlassian.com. A return to the login page means the session was not stored: Incognito was on, a sign-in click opened the browser, or the provider refused the view. A window that held its session and signs out after a quiet spell is more likely company policy: Atlassian's idle session duration defaults to 30 days, or 24 hours in Government Cloud, an organization admin can change it for managed accounts, and a separate session expiration can log people out regardless of activity. Pake has no setting for either. Use a password on id.atlassian.com when the admin still allows it, or a normal browser, as the CLI FAQ describes. Passkey there is only for accounts an organization does not manage, and a Mac Pake app cannot use a passkey or Touch ID.
FAQ
Is there a Jira desktop app for Windows?
Atlassian documents Edge, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari for Jira Cloud on a computer. The Microsoft Store listing titled Desktop App for Jira is published by Infosysta DWC-LLC, not Atlassian, and Rovo Desktop, in beta from Atlassian, is an AI assistant, not a Jira client.
Where is the Trello desktop app?
Free from Trello, Inc. on the Mac App Store (macOS 12.0 or later) and on the Microsoft Store. The platform page lists 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and does not list Linux.
Can two Jira sites stay signed in together?
Yes. Two names mean two cookie stores, and the second app starts signed out. A broad atlassian.net rule can still open the other site inside the first window.
Can I use a passkey or a Google account?
On a Mac, Pake cannot use a passkey or Touch ID. Google can refuse the embedded view even when the login page stays in the app.